Congrats....to all the ppl who did the trip....!!!

Plz bring on the pictures yaar.....!!!!!


P.S : While you guys were in GOA i was in bombay ...... enjoying my weekend...

Day 2
After riding on Kashedi ghats we took a break ahead of a bridge. The motains were tooo foggy & the mist around us was troublesome. The visors & the glasses were foggin, so couldnt see through it. Took a break to clean those. The dark night was slowly vanishin into the light & the sun was ready to say goood morning. Ther sunlight trying to penetrate the fog was an awesome sight. Then as always we had an XBHP Dog headin towards us (No ride is complete without a dog). He stared at us posed for some snaps & was back on his way .

Had some red bull + water & back on the horses. Then from somewhere the Cow Killer emerged. Im not witness to the incident as me & nikil had taken a photo break. As Anup recounts the events, there was beautiful curve and anup & shiva were crussin around 70+. Anup entered the corner saw some cowz & bullz on the road, luckily everyone was eatin grass on the road sides or yawnin on the other lane. Anup dodged them on the ambition and crusised ahead. He was so sure tht somethin was goin to happen tht he breaked some 100mts from the curve. So ShivaZMA follows anup on the curve, till the time shiva entered the corner the cow yawnin on the other lane had strted crosssin the road. Seein this shiva pressed the break lever, the ZMA strated to skid on the tarmat thx to the zappers (There are some heavy discounts on zappers i guesss. All bikes have them.) So using some brain & keepin some trust in God, shiva opened the breaks & BANG, straight into the cowz stomach. Now heres the interesting part Shiva was standing & balancing his ZMA & the cow fell . (Thz ZMA power, thtz why itz the most reliable & best tourer avaiable in India. HH waitin for the FI version). There is a big list of wht brok in the ZMA, nothin visual. Anup was waitin ahead and watchin the whole drama. According to a cospirasy theory thts goin on in my mind. Anup was felling sleepy, so for some action in life he pushed the cow in the other lane went ahead and waited for the stunt .

Every one took a break after this. Anup was laughin & narrating wht jst happened. As the cow fell & Shiva was standing we changed ShivaZMA to Shiva- The Cow Killer. Took some photos. Ashish & Shiva were busy acessing the damage . Shiva also had a problem with his clutch, he was not able to rip the ZMA at alll. So we strated our journey again. We were supposed to reached Goa by 12 but we had not even reached Ratnagiri & the clock said 7.00.

10-15 km off Ganpatipule Anup stopped. He was feelin sleepy. Found some shade & grass went to sleep. Till we reached there he was fast asleep. After his Bhutan trip he is famous for sleepin nywhere. We too followed him on the grasss. I was sleepin while ridddin. The bike was jst drifitin to the side. The Banglore-Kolkatta-Mumbai was showin itz effects (Aboard a Flight). Whenever i used to drift ashish & nikil used to horn loudly, back on track. I was almost about to hit a man after fallin asleep. Soo I tooo hit the grasss. Slept for 1hr got up at 9.00. Ashish & Shiva were not sleeping but fixin the ZMA. Removed the spedo as it was shakin tooo much & put it the saddle bags & zooom we were back on the highway. A bit freash this time.

The fog now has started to become a bit anooying. You love it for 20-30 mins but for 3-4 hrs itz jst pain. The climate was jst awesome. Atop the mountain we could see the whole ground coverd by the fog. It felt like ur above the clouds. Then as u start the decent ur enter the dense fog & the only thing u can see is tail lights. Waited somewhere after ratnagiri the ambition needed some petrol. Took a small break. I took the oppoprtunity, grabed my sony & clicked some snaps. This was my worst trip considering photos. Was not patient enough to click snaps, clicked everythin in a bit hurry. Will surely improve nxt time. Had some snaks near the petrol pump & headed toward Goa. We were late, it was 12.00 & 200kms more to cover. So were started crusin, it was fun. Ridding non stop, cooly & calmly feeling & enjoin every bit of the ride. We lost Aman, Ashish & Nikhil after kankavli. Realised tht after 30kms. Waited for them to catch up near Kudal (150 kms frm goa). The R15 needed some petrol so they had stopped to refuel. Buckled up after a small break & rode non stop tilll Goa.

Finally around 3.00pm we had crossed Goa border. Waited near a Indian Oil petrol pump. My uni was thirsty. The petrol was 4rs cheaper than mumbai. Took a small b reak had some snaks & headed towards Anjuna Beach. Around 4.30pm we were at anjuna beach but to out dissapointment there were no rooms avaiable there. So we headed towards Baga beach. Got 2 rooms for 800 RS. Parked the bikes, took bath & crashed in the rooms.

Some pics:









G2G Dog..........



Dhak Dhak Dhak .......................





High Above the Clouds (Itz Fog)



The Sun, The Fog, The Road



To Be Continued..........

waiting for more pics n details............

Looks like a funn trip!!...Goa my fav unwind destination!!!..waiting for more!!

Good good, So we are 3 now.
KUTCH sounds really exciting, specially when i'll be riding with ppl like you, who are jst as high on AR as i am...
Dont spoil the plan dude.

@Cosgeo: Man am waiting fer the pics... Goa a fav destination, sadly i had to miss it. Post em soon. neways nice write fer DAY 2 LOG...

^^Some Pics

Sorry for the delay ppl. Have too many guest to entertain @ home .

@COS: koooooooool pics man.
speacially that one... "The Sun, The Fog, The Road..." i totally Loved it.

Godd to hear that buddy...!!
See you soooon....

Looks like an adventurous trip. The ride exactly reminds me of the famous trip by our three hyderabadis to Araku trip. The only difference here, the karizma banged a state-run bus; the Zma did not fall, stood rock solid. The headlight and fairing broke. The sleep riding continued till Vizag.

But on serious note, is not it very dangerous to do sleep-riding?? It could prove fatal. I sincerely suggest you guys not to do sleep riding again.

BTW, the pics are very nice.

cosgeo : dude !! amazing pics but y are they not flowing in ???

Yaaa sleep ridin is very dangerous . But until u dozz of on the bike u dont realise it .

@bobby: Thx bro. A bit busy, diwali weeek thtz the reason the snaps r not flowin.

Few from my cam.. pretty badly shot.. almost all of 'em!


the magical shot...!



the saturday morning mist..











Red-Bull break...






the beach shot.. that all we got guys from the beach!.. wat else do you expect wen we hit the beach at 7pm.



winzee boy...!



Shiva on the lookout for some... 'maal'!



candle-light drinks at the beach...



the dinner...



sunday sunset...









That's all from my side... Cosgeo has some amazing pics waiting to get uploaded (God knows when!)... beach sunset, disco night, macro-shots, cornering, group shot, etc.

Cool pics! Are not there any pics of the curvy ghats and scenery? I heard the goa to mumbai route is awsome for riding.

Is the 2nd pic clicked at ambolim??
and btw you guys could have made it to MAMBOS...its would be fun..the best club in GOA